What does not work in first aid

• May 8, 2024

From time to time we encounter emergency situations in real life, where knowledge about the different first aid procedures will really help.

But since the common knowledge of first aid comes from any person, even from those without formal studies, sometimes what we believe is right, does not really do anything good at all. Are you ready to know what those myths are? You can take a surprise ...

1. Do not use tweezers or fingers on bee stings

One of the most common myths that deserves to be at the top of our list, is to believe that scraping a bee sting with a credit card is the safest and most effective way to prevent the sting from sinking deeper into the skin. The truth is that the time the sting stays on the skin while we search for a credit card will only result in more poison circulating the blood. Therefore, forget this myth and pull the sting.

2. Suck the venom from a snake bite

Do not believe everything you see in the movies, including those of cowboys (and even pharmacy kits), where they teach us how to cut on the bite and suck the poison. Take into account that the poison is not simply stopped in the wound. The worst is that this is the best way for the lifeguard to get an infection, in addition to the poison.

3. Urinating on a jellyfish sting

This is not totally illogical. The acidity reduces the effects of the bite like vinegar, however, most people do not have as acidic urine.

4. Throw the head back to stop the nosebleed

Your mother will surely get angry if you insist on saying that lying down does not work. But let's let them read this article: Moms, leaning back will only make one swallow the blood. And that is dangerous.

5. Put a raw fillet on a purple eye.

This is a classic. But putting raw meat in a purple eye is as irrational as it seems, since it is false. What it does is to contaminate the eye with e-coli. It is best to use cold compresses.

6. Put something in the mouth of a patient who has a seizure.

Biting your tongue may well be a better option than not being able to breathe. Leaving your mouth free is the best thing to do.

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